Hose-nozzle support.



c. v. HOOVER.

HOSE NOZZLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1909.

961 ,234. Patented June 14, 1910.

a wwntot E67 VJCOUl/Af CLAUDE V. HOOVER, OF NORTH BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

HOSE-NOZZLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14., 1910.

Application filed November 22, 1909. Serial No. 529,281.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE V. HOOVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Nozzle Supports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a hose nozzle support and has for its object to provide a simple device of this character which may be used as a support for the hose nozzle and which may be turned in either direction to direct the spray in different directions.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, is a front elevation of structed in accordance with my invention with the hose nozzle in position. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the nozzle-engaging member.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of the invention, the numeral 1 indicates a supporting rod which is preferably of cylindrical form and is provided with a lower sharpened or pointed end 2, to enable it to be readily placed in the ground. The lower end of the supporting rod is also provided with a laterally-projecting portion 3, formed by bent portions of the rod and on which is placed the foot when the foot is used to assist in inserting the lower end of the supporting rod in the ground. The upper end of the rod is provided with a handle portion 4 by means of which the supporting rod and nozzle of the hose may be turned in the arc of a circle to direct the spray of the nozzle to diiferent points. The nozzle rest 5 is formed of a single piece of wire having its central portion bent to form a loop 6 and its end port1ons bent in opposite directions with the terminals, as 7, of said end portions bent Figure 1 a hose support coninwardly in opposite directions and lying in approximately parallel planes. The nozzle rest is adjustably mounted upon the supporting rod 1 by the screw 8 which passes through the loop 6 of the rest and has screwed on its threaded end the nut 9; that portion of the supporting rod against which the loop 6 of the nozzle rest and the nut 9 engage is flattened as at 10 to provide a more extended friction surface for said loop and nut, while the nozzle rest will remain in any adjusted position, owing to the frictional engagement between the loop and adjacent portion of the support 1, said rest may be tilted to different inclinations, if desired.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is A hose nozzle support, comprising a supporting rod having an apertured flattened portion near its upper end, a nozzle rest constructed from a single piece of wire having its central portion bent to form a complete loop, its ends extended in opposite directions in substantially the same plane and its terminals bent inwardly in opposite directions and lying in substantially parallel planes, the looped portion of the rest being adapted to bear against the flattened portion of the support, a screw passing through the loop of the rest and the aperture of the support and a nut screwing on the threaded end of said screw to hold the looped portion of the nozzle rest in frictional engagement with the flattened portion of the support, whereby the rest will be retained in adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLAUDE V. HOOVER.

Witnesses:

GEO. N. STONE, W. I. Snow. 

